Group of Rock Pigeons (Columba livia) observed while on a walking tour of Riga, Latvia. Semester at Sea, Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage. I have seen and photographed Rock Pigeons before and after this, mainly in large cities/urban areas. Probably not native, but rather feral birds.
More images of “Feral” Rock Pigeons are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis) viewed while on a field trip to Trafalgar Falls in Dominica. Semester at Sea, Spring 2010 Enrichment Voyage. More images are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight. Viewed from the deck of the MV Explorer. Semester at Sea Spring 2010 Enrichment Voyage while approaching Basseterre, Saint Kitts.
I have many more images of Brown Bloobies from around the world in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Graylag Goose (Anser anser) observed in the yard outside of the Fram Museum in Oslo, Norway. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage field trip. Other images of Graylag Geese can be found in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
While out taking pictures of the flowers blooming in my back wildflower meadow a large dark bird flew out of the pond landing in a tree next to the pond. I was able to quickly get a picture and identify it as a Green Heron (Butorides virescens). Shortly afterwards a second Green Heron flew out of the pond and away before I could capture an image. Note that this image was taken with a 10-year-old Nikon 1 V3 camera with a 70-300 mm VR lens. I still find this to be a great camera and lens combination for bird images.
I have previously seen Green Herons at the local Sourland Mountain Preserve in 2012, 2013, and 2016 but not in my backyard pond. I expanded the pond a couple of years ago, and it is now full of frogs attracting Green Herons and Great Blue Herons. Additional Green Heron images are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) in flight viewed from the deck of the MV Explorer on the North Sea. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage. Several of the Great Black-backed Gulls followed the ship hunting for a meal using the ships thermal wake as it crossed the North Sea. More images of Great Black-backed Gulls are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
A pair of American Wigeons (Mareca americana) observed near a pond along the Auto Loop in the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado. The Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is among the highest wildlife refuges in the continental United States situated at an elevation between 8,100 to 8,700 feet and sitting in an interglacial plain between two mountain ranges. It encompasses diverse habitats, including sagebrush steppe uplands, grassland meadows, willow riparian zones, and wetlands. This 23,464-acre refuge was established in 1967, primarily to provide suitable nesting and rearing habitats for migratory.
Gadwall (Mareca strepera) observed leaving a pond along the Auto Loop in the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado. Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge was a 2+ hour drive from Boulder, Colorado. I would visit the refuge several times on weekends while I was working part time in Boulder. The Auto Loop provides many opportunities for viewing wildlife in central Colorado. Additional images of Gadwall are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) with a mouth full of something fluffy for a nest, or food for a hatchling? Morning walkabout at the nearby Sourland Mountain Preserve. This was a new bird for me.
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) on a nest at the edge of the water. Observed while on a Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage field trip in Balloch, Scotland. More images of Mute Swans are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
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